(a) In this section:
- (1) "Receiving county" means the county to which a child on probation has moved or intends to move.
(2) "Sending county" means the county that:
- (A) originally placed the child on probation; or
- (B) assumed permanent supervision of the child under an inter-county transfer of probation supervision.
- (b) On transfer of permanent supervision of a child under Section 51.072(m) or (n), the juvenile court of the sending county shall order the juvenile probation department of the sending county to provide the juvenile probation department of the receiving county with the order of transfer. On receipt of the order of transfer, the juvenile probation department of the receiving county shall ensure that the order of transfer, the petition, the order of adjudication, the order of disposition, and the conditions of probation are filed with the clerk of the juvenile court of the receiving county.
- (c) The juvenile court of the receiving county shall require that the child be brought before the court in order to impose conditions of probation. The child shall be represented by counsel as provided by Section 51.10.
- (d) Once permanent supervision is transferred to the juvenile probation department of the receiving county, the receiving county is fully responsible for selecting and imposing conditions of probation, providing supervision, modifying conditions of probation, and revoking probation. The sending county has no further jurisdiction over the child's case.
- (e) This section does not affect the sending county's jurisdiction over any new offense committed by the child in the sending county.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 949 (H.B. 1575), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.